- Purple-capped Fruit-dove
Taxobox
name = Purple-capped Fruit-dove
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Columbiformes
familia =Columbidae
genus = "Ptilinopus "
species = "P. porphyraceus"
binomial = "Ptilinopus porphyraceus"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1821)
synonyms = The Purple-capped Fruit-dove ("Ptilinopus porphyraceus"), also known as the Crimson-crowned Fruit-dove (leading to easy confusion with theBeautiful Fruit-dove , alternatively known as the Crimson-capped Fruit-dove), is a species ofbird in theColumbidae family.It is found inAmerican Samoa ,Fiji ,Marshall Islands ,Micronesia ,Niue ,Samoa ,Tonga , andWallis and Futuna Islands .Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48854/all Ptilinopus porphyraceus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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